US Patent 11346779 Optically transparent and quasi-transparent reflectarrays for 5G applications

Examples disclosed herein relate to an Insulated Glass Unit (“IGU”) to enhance wireless communications in a wireless network. The IGU has a first and a second glass layers, a first and a second spacers, and a first and a second ground planes, the first ground plane in contact with the first glass layer and the second ground plane in contact with the second glass layer. The IGU also includes a gas layer in between the first and the second ground planes, a reflectarray comprising a metastructure array of reflector elements, and a third glass layer on top of the metastructure reflectarray.